25 Year Old Deck Rebuilt in North York
About 300 sq ft of deck that had been on the house 25 years, taken out completely and rebuilt in pressure-treated wood, with full height privacy walls in place of open railings and a bench built into the back.
Location
North York, Ontario
Project
25 year old deck removed and rebuilt
Size
About 300 sq ft
Material
Pressure-treated
Privacy
Full height horizontal board walls
Built in
Bench along the back
Time on site
About a week
What we built
The deck that came off this house had been there about 25 years. It was past the point where swapping boards was worth doing, because everything behind the boards was the same age as the boards.
So the whole thing came out, framing and all, and the deck was built again from the ground up. That is the right call once a deck is that old. New boards screwed down over tired framing look fine for a season, then every problem underneath works its way back to the surface.
The new deck is pressure-treated throughout. The yard is tight and overlooked on both sides, so instead of open railings we built full height walls in horizontal boards, with a bench worked into the run along the back. About a week on site from demolition to finish.
The finished project
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